Ed Hengeveld is a
space flight historian who lives with his wife and son in the
Netherlands, where he works for Dutch television news.He has written
numerous articles for magazines such as Spaceflight and Quest, as well
as for various Dutch magazines.

His
interest in space flight began with the Apollo-8 mission around the moon
in 1968 and has grown ever since. In 1981 he was at the Kennedy Space Centre
to witness the launch of STS-1 and he was also present at the Dryden
Flight Research Centre when Columbia landed there two days later. While
at Dryden, he also met various people involved in the X-15 and lifting
body programs, resulting in a special interest in this area of flight
research.

Ed
is a member of the British Interplanetary Society. In his spare time he
enjoys painting, especially scenes from the Apollo program. His
paintings have been published in various magazines around the world and
his portrait of the twelve moon-walking astronauts
("Moonwalkers") earned him praise from Apollo-12 lunar module
pilot Al Bean, who is himself an artist. Moonwalkers is now an official
NASA photograph assigned NASA No. S95-14663.

Astronauts
John Glenn, Dick Covey and Story Musgrave own portraits of themselves painted by Ed.

Click on an image below to
enter that gallery.

The Mission

Pre & Post
Apollo

Apollo Era
Views

During
the past few years Ed has been commissioned by various Apollo fans to
paint their favourite scenes from the space program, ranging from John
Glenn's Mercury spacecraft ready for launch to the beauty of the lunar
surface.

If
you want to commission Ed to do an original painting of your favourite
space highlight